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panpan:
Extra state creation, in any part of the country, may not be a good idea for now.

IF THEM CREATE EQUAL NUMBER OF STATE IN ALL 6 GEOPOLITICAL ZONE, THE NORTH WEST SAY DEM NO GO AGREE BECAUSE NA THEM OIL THEY PAY.

WE WILL HELP THEM TO PACK THEIR BAG, SO THEY CAN BE GOING.


ALL THOSE BLACKMAIL WONT WORK, THIS IS NOT 1960S WHERE THEY WERE BEGGING YOU TO STAY.


ONCE WE DO THE RIGHT THING, ANYBODY THAT DONT LIKE IT CAN BE GOING.

Avedonn:
Politicians are using this as a distraction to divert the public's attention from the current state of chaos the country is in. This is how they have been employing the nonsensical Revenue Derivation Formula for months without taking any meaningful action. Just watch after this, they will introduce yet another diversion.

This is EXACTLY how this Tinubu plots....This has been his modus operandus all his life ....DIVERSION from real issues and SETTLING, manipulating people to his own advantage...5jis is about him and his 2027 ambition so some of those mushroom states they plan to create MUST have to vote for him because they'd be leaving off his "droppings".
I can't imagine that of allllllllll the myriads of problems plaguing us now it is the fragmentstion/ proliferation of the states that is uppermost in his warped and crooked mind!

phemmyfour:
That's crazy, it will lead to waste of resources as usual

Are they not wasting the resources now?
It is better to waste it on more states at least new state capitals will emerge that will bring new jobs and new development.

Sirmwill:
"The Labour of our Heroes past shall never be in vain"


It is about to be in vain

already in vain

paramakina202:
Are they not wasting the resources now?
It is better to waste it on more states at least new state capitals will emerge that will bring new jobs and new development.

THE MISTAKE U ARE MAKING IS THINKING YOUR CURRENT STATE ALLOCATION WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.

WAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE SAME MONEY SHARED NOW, WILL BE CUT AND REDISTRIBUTED TO EVEN MORE STATES.

31 NEWS STATES IS A NO BRAINER AND A SABOTAGE OF THE NEED FOR STATE CREATION FOR EQUALITY AMONGST THE 6 REGIONS.


INSTEAD OF THAT, THEY ARE CREATING DISTRACTION WITH 31 STATES TO BASTARDISE THE PROCESS.


THEY KNOW PRECISIELY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

Heffalump:
Inasmuch as I don't support the creation of states arbitrarily that will end up like another glorified local government, I strongly believe in the spirit of justice, equity, and fairness, some ethnic groups and regions actually deserve their own state to break away from the shackles of domination, marginalization, oppression, and unfair treatment.

Let's be truthful to ourselves. We can increase the number of states in Nigeria from 36 to 40 based on merit. USA as large as it is, has only 50 Sates. This initial list will certainly be pruned down later.

Let them be

Ohaneze is in support of this wastage.
Very senseless group of old failures without sense

1 REGION NWEST IS OWNING 7 STATES, OTHERS WILL NEED TO HAVE 7 STATES EACH.

THAT MEANS NOTHING MORE THAN 7 STATES IS NEED.


777

AS THEY EQUALIZE, THEY SHOULD BAN ANY FURTHER STATE CREATION.

Meti99:
I don't understand, which language is Torumbe state from south west?
I want to believe it is the ijaw people..
If it is, then it should be matched to South South while okun state from present Kogi should return to south west

is Ijaw that big in SW that a state should be created for them?

Clueless people!




Tufiakwa!

The south west for create 20 states for themselves and give others 1 or 2

These clowns lack credible ideas on how to move this country forward. So among all the socio-economic problems facing the country , creating 31 more states is what they can come up with. They are very very unserious.

Great100000:
A fresh proposal by the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee to create 31 additional states in Nigeria has triggered strong reactions from prominent individuals and socio-political groups across the country.

The proposal, which would increase Nigeria’s current 36 states to 67, was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who presided in the absence of Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

According to the letter, the proposed states include:

– North-Central: Okun, Okura, and Confluence (from Kogi); Benue Ala and Apa (from Benue); FCT State

– North-East: Amana (Adamawa); Katagum (Bauchi); Savannah (Borno); Muri (Taraba)

– North-West: New Kaduna, Gujarat (Kaduna); Tiga, Ari (Kano); Kainji (Kebbi)

– South-East: Etiti, Orashi (sixth states in the South-East); Adada (Enugu); Orlu (Imo); Aba (Abia)


– South-South: Ogoja (Cross River); Warri (Delta); Ori, Obolo (Rivers)

– South-West: Torumbe (Ondo); Ibadan (Oyo); Lagoon (Lagos); Ijebu, Ogun (Ogun); Oke-Ogun/Ijesha (Oyo/Ogun/Osun)

The committee stated that the creation of new states must meet constitutional requirements, including a two-thirds majority approval from the National Assembly, the affected State Houses of Assembly, and Local Government Councils.

Afenifere, Arewa Groups Reject Proposal

However, major socio-cultural groups, including Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have rejected the proposal, describing it as “ridiculous and unnecessary.”

The National Organising Secretary of Afenifere, Abagun Kole Omololu in an interview with Punch, dismissed the move, stating that it contradicts Afenifere’s longstanding demand for true federalism.

“Instead of addressing the core structural issues plaguing Nigeria, this initiative appears to be a mere political exercise that will further weaken governance and deepen economic inefficiencies.’’

Afenifere has consistently advocated genuine fiscal federalism, similar to what Nigeria’s founding fathers agreed upon before independence.

Omololu noted, “The creation of more states without a viable economic foundation will only compound the financial burden on the nation, as many existing states are already struggling to generate sufficient Internally Generated Revenue and rely heavily on federal allocations to survive.

“Turning every local government into a state is not the solution to Nigeria’s governance challenges. The real issue is not the number of states but the dysfunctional federal structure that has concentrated power at the centre, stifling regional development.”

Instead of proliferating states that may later be unviable, Afenifere urged the National Assembly to focus on constitutional reforms that would devolve power, return resource control to the regions, and grant states the autonomy to develop at their own pace.

“Nigeria needs a system where states or regions control their resources and contribute an agreed percentage to the federal government, just as it was during the First Republic. This is the only path to sustainable development, not the reckless creation of more administrative units.

“Afenifere rejects this proposal and calls on well-meaning Nigerians to resist attempts to distract from the real conversation—restructuring and true federalism,” Omololu declared.

Arewa Consultative Forum Oppose Lawmakers’ Move

The Arewa Consultative Forum similarly expressed strong opposition to the proposed creation of 31 new states, describing the idea as unnecessary.

Ohanaeze Endorse Move

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide declared that the South-East should be allocated more states to address “the wrongs that had been done to the region on state creation.’’

Ohanaeze’s National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, stated, “It is unfortunate that such a bill is also aimed at suppressing the South-East as usual. It is completely unacceptable that Southeast should be appropriated only five states.

“South-East, all these while, is the only zone in the Federal Republic of Nigeria that has the least number of states irrespective of our population and our contributions both economically and infrastructural development of the nation.

“So, giving southeast such a small number of five states in this bill when others that already have advantages orchestrated by successive governments before now is quite unacceptable and unfortunately, it is above all antithetical to the commonwealth of the South-Easterners and the so-called equity we are preaching in the country.”

He added, “South-East deserves more states more than any other zone in the country because South-East is the only zone that has been short-changed over the years by successive governments. So, if justice and equity should prevail southeast must be given the highest number of states.

“So, if the Federal Government fails to correct the wrongs that had been done to the South-East over the years, this is the time to at least give this equation some terms of balance by appropriating more number states to the South-East to make up with the other geopolitical zones.”

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum observed that the creation of more states could be meaningful if all the geo-political zones in the country have equal states as agreed in the last constitutional conference.

The spokesman for PANDEF, Christopher Ominimini, however, queried the viability of new states, pointing out that states should be created based on self-sustainability.

If the creation of more states became necessary, he argued it should be done equally across the board to even with the North-West, which has seven states.

Anything short of that, he noted, would be a perpetuation of the injustice in the country.

He said a situation where more states would be created to depend on the oil and gas from the Niger Delta region, while other states with mineral resources are allowed to exploit theirs is not the way to go.

He stated, “ Well, it is the right of the people to call for the creation of states. However, the most important thing is that in the last constitutional conference, it was agreed that all the geopolitical zones should have seven states each as it is in the North-West.

“So, the South -East should have additional two states so that it would be seven states. The South- West should have additional states to make it seven states.

He added, “But the question we want to ask is ‘will the states be viable?’ Do they have the means of survival if the vision of our forefathers are kept to? Because the vision of our forefathers who fought for the independence of this country is that the various states should control their resources and pay tax to the centre.”



https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/ex-nassembly-members-groups-fault-reps-31-new-states-proposal/%3famp

What the country needs now is basically each zone should have the maximum of 7 States in it, so those regions yet to be 7 should benefit from the creation of Staets.
Moreso after the creation, the FG should empower the SG to create Cluster Development Areas or Rural Development Areas and after some years where we see that usefulness of allocated funds for meaningful development properly utilized, then the SGs with proofs of such development can apply to the FG to upgrade those RDAs into LGAs.

legitnow1:
THE MISTAKE U ARE MAKING IS THINKING YOUR CURRENT STATE ALLOCATION WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.

WAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE SAME MONEY SHARED NOW, WILL BE CUT AND REDISTRIBUTED TO EVEN MORE STATES.

31 NEWS STATES IS A NO BRAINER AND A SABOTAGE OF THE NEED FOR STATE CREATION FOR EQUALITY AMONGST THE 6 REGIONS.


INSTEAD OF THAT, THEY ARE CREATING DISTRACTION WITH 31 STATES TO BASTARDISE THE PROCESS.


THEY KNOW PRECISIELY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

You and I know there is no way 31 proposed additional states will be approved.
The highest they can do is to approve 1 or 2 states in some geo political zones.

Even myself I rejected it.

We are talking about economy problems, high inflation, hunger in the land, insecurity these bunch of lunatics in House of Rep where busy about creation of another states.

They should have create another 100 states or create another country you useless idiots?

paramakina202:
You and I know there is no way 31 proposed additional states will be approved.
The highest they can do is to approve 1 or 2 states in some geo political zones.

THEY SHOULD CREATE EQUAL SATISFY EVERYBODY PASS BILL BAN NIGERIA FROM CREATING ANY FURTHER STATE.


LET US MOVE FORWARD

legitnow1:
THEY SHOULD CREATE EQUAL SATISFY EVERYBODY PASS BIL LBAN NIGERIA FROM CREATING ANY FURTHER STATE.


LET US MOVE FORWARD

That is what they agreed in last national conference to equal northwest region with 7 states each zone.

Thomas that greedy prick de glamour for warri state and he never bring one pin of development come him region, hope my people nor go fall for this dumb shit, e de try play him way for reelection for 2027 and some emotional idiots go fall for it

paramakina202:
That is what they agreed in last national conference to equal northwest region with 7 states each zone.

YES, IT IS RIGHT AND JUST.

As much as economic viability is an issue, we must also try to see how to right the wrongs once done.
In all fairness, Nigeria needs to come together to see how to create at least one more state in the southeast.
Even though it won't balance the disparity but it will reduce it.
The entire south is short by two states, six senators and at least ten rep members that has political and economic implications for the entire south

Who will fund this states?
Oil or what?

Those so-called heroes destroyed Nigeria from beginning

Sirmwill:
"The Labour of our Heroes past shall never be in vain"


It is about to be in vain

Rilwayne001:
I think more states will give room for better efficiency in governance.

For example, 3 states in the east can fit OYO state alone

With Ibadan having its own state governor, the government will be closer more to the people.

Aside the financial implication, I think generally its a nice idea.

Yeah just like 5 states in the south west will fit into Taraba state alone....😁
No be by land na by economic power...
And the igbos got it....

Great100000:
A fresh proposal by the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee to create 31 additional states in Nigeria has triggered strong reactions from prominent individuals and socio-political groups across the country.

The proposal, which would increase Nigeria’s current 36 states to 67, was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who presided in the absence of Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

According to the letter, the proposed states include:

– North-Central: Okun, Okura, and Confluence (from Kogi); Benue Ala and Apa (from Benue); FCT State

– North-East: Amana (Adamawa); Katagum (Bauchi); Savannah (Borno); Muri (Taraba)

– North-West: New Kaduna, Gujarat (Kaduna); Tiga, Ari (Kano); Kainji (Kebbi)

– South-East: Etiti, Orashi (sixth states in the South-East); Adada (Enugu); Orlu (Imo); Aba (Abia)


– South-South: Ogoja (Cross River); Warri (Delta); Ori, Obolo (Rivers)

– South-West: Torumbe (Ondo); Ibadan (Oyo); Lagoon (Lagos); Ijebu, Ogun (Ogun); Oke-Ogun/Ijesha (Oyo/Ogun/Osun)

The committee stated that the creation of new states must meet constitutional requirements, including a two-thirds majority approval from the National Assembly, the affected State Houses of Assembly, and Local Government Councils.

Afenifere, Arewa Groups Reject Proposal

However, major socio-cultural groups, including Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have rejected the proposal, describing it as “ridiculous and unnecessary.”

The National Organising Secretary of Afenifere, Abagun Kole Omololu in an interview with Punch, dismissed the move, stating that it contradicts Afenifere’s longstanding demand for true federalism.

“Instead of addressing the core structural issues plaguing Nigeria, this initiative appears to be a mere political exercise that will further weaken governance and deepen economic inefficiencies.’’

Afenifere has consistently advocated genuine fiscal federalism, similar to what Nigeria’s founding fathers agreed upon before independence.

Omololu noted, “The creation of more states without a viable economic foundation will only compound the financial burden on the nation, as many existing states are already struggling to generate sufficient Internally Generated Revenue and rely heavily on federal allocations to survive.

“Turning every local government into a state is not the solution to Nigeria’s governance challenges. The real issue is not the number of states but the dysfunctional federal structure that has concentrated power at the centre, stifling regional development.”

Instead of proliferating states that may later be unviable, Afenifere urged the National Assembly to focus on constitutional reforms that would devolve power, return resource control to the regions, and grant states the autonomy to develop at their own pace.

“Nigeria needs a system where states or regions control their resources and contribute an agreed percentage to the federal government, just as it was during the First Republic. This is the only path to sustainable development, not the reckless creation of more administrative units.

“Afenifere rejects this proposal and calls on well-meaning Nigerians to resist attempts to distract from the real conversation—restructuring and true federalism,” Omololu declared.

Arewa Consultative Forum Oppose Lawmakers’ Move

The Arewa Consultative Forum similarly expressed strong opposition to the proposed creation of 31 new states, describing the idea as unnecessary.

Ohanaeze Endorse Move

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide declared that the South-East should be allocated more states to address “the wrongs that had been done to the region on state creation.’’

Ohanaeze’s National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, stated, “It is unfortunate that such a bill is also aimed at suppressing the South-East as usual. It is completely unacceptable that Southeast should be appropriated only five states.

“South-East, all these while, is the only zone in the Federal Republic of Nigeria that has the least number of states irrespective of our population and our contributions both economically and infrastructural development of the nation.

“So, giving southeast such a small number of five states in this bill when others that already have advantages orchestrated by successive governments before now is quite unacceptable and unfortunately, it is above all antithetical to the commonwealth of the South-Easterners and the so-called equity we are preaching in the country.”

He added, “South-East deserves more states more than any other zone in the country because South-East is the only zone that has been short-changed over the years by successive governments. So, if justice and equity should prevail southeast must be given the highest number of states.

“So, if the Federal Government fails to correct the wrongs that had been done to the South-East over the years, this is the time to at least give this equation some terms of balance by appropriating more number states to the South-East to make up with the other geopolitical zones.”

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum observed that the creation of more states could be meaningful if all the geo-political zones in the country have equal states as agreed in the last constitutional conference.

The spokesman for PANDEF, Christopher Ominimini, however, queried the viability of new states, pointing out that states should be created based on self-sustainability.

If the creation of more states became necessary, he argued it should be done equally across the board to even with the North-West, which has seven states.

Anything short of that, he noted, would be a perpetuation of the injustice in the country.

He said a situation where more states would be created to depend on the oil and gas from the Niger Delta region, while other states with mineral resources are allowed to exploit theirs is not the way to go.

He stated, “ Well, it is the right of the people to call for the creation of states. However, the most important thing is that in the last constitutional conference, it was agreed that all the geopolitical zones should have seven states each as it is in the North-West.

“So, the South -East should have additional two states so that it would be seven states. The South- West should have additional states to make it seven states.

He added, “But the question we want to ask is ‘will the states be viable?’ Do they have the means of survival if the vision of our forefathers are kept to? Because the vision of our forefathers who fought for the independence of this country is that the various states should control their resources and pay tax to the centre.”



https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/ex-nassembly-members-groups-fault-reps-31-new-states-proposal/%3famp

That's the issue of by force marriage that we are some are thinking way forward while some are thinking way backward.

We don't need more local govt. What is need is resource control at the local and state govt level. A percentage should be paid to run the fg

u3fine:
State creation will not see the light of day. It's just an effort in futility. We don't need more states; what we need is more Local Governments to be closer to the grassroots for development. Creating more states opens more avenues for siphoning funds.

If they want to create more states, each state should control its resources to sustain itself and send a percentage to the Federal Government.

Better for Biafra to go then

OGwales:
Igbo groups will always stand for anything just to divide us and cause more problems... Maybe each of the 776 local governments in Nigeria should be declared a STATE then.

How I wish Nigeria can go back to our 3 geopolitical zones system

saintmm:
As much as economic viability is an issue, we must also try to see how to right the wrongs once done.
In all fairness, Nigeria needs to come together to see how to create at least one more state in the southeast.
Even though it won't balance the disparity but it will reduce it.
The entire south is short by two states, six senators and at least ten rep members that has political and economic implications for the entire south

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IT IS DELIBRATE, THE NORTH WANT TO HAVE MAJORITY IN NASS.

THEY DEMAND IT BUT WE CANNOT BE HELD HOSTAGE FOREVER IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.


EQUITY AND FAIRNESS MUST PREVAIL.

From the 12-year educational system to this...!

It seems these guys have decided that the best way to gloss over their glaring inability to address the pressing needs of the nation is to indulge in comical and white elephant projects.

Cos how can a nation that should be merging states due to resource mismanagement and underdevelopment be talking about creating more useless entities or states to add to the central headache of the crawling nation?!!

Angelfrost:
From the 12-year educational system to this...!

It seems these guys have decided that the best way to gloss over their glaring inability to address the pressing needs of the nation is to indulge in comical and white elephant projects.

Cod how can a nation that should be merging states due to resource mismanagement and underdevelopment be talking about creating more useless entities or states to add to the central headache of the crawling nation?!!

WHY DO U THINK MERGING STATES IS A VIABLE SOLUTION?


WHY WE ARE EVEN TALKING STATE CRATION IS AS A MATTER OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE.


WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS JUST LIKE NORTH WEST, OTHER REGIONS WILL HAVE EQUALLY 7 STATES EACH.

legitnow1:
WHY DO U THINK MERGING STATES IS A VIABLE SOLUTION?


WHY WE ARE EVEN TALKING STATE CRATION IS AS A MATTER OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE.


WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS JUST LIKE NORTH WEST, OTHER REGION WILL HAVE EQUALLY 7 STATES EACH.

We will merely be creating more headaches for a nation that has failed to decentralise.

We should be talking and pushing for regional governments and full resource control.

All that talk of equity and justice is just laughable... There is absolutely nothing that will make this system of government equitable and just. Nothing!